Frank



(No Model.)

F. E. WILLIAMS.

BUTTONOR STUD.

.No. 432,218. Patented July 15, 1890.

WITNESSES: INVE/VZOR gWW' glam/C 7 UNITED STATES PATENT FRANK E.WVILLIAMS, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

BUTTQN'OR STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,218, dated July 15,1890. Application filed February 15, 1890. $erial No. 340,598. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Shirt-Stud, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shirt-studs in which there ishinged to the fixed post a locking-lever adapted to fold in line withthe fixed post for easy insertion into or withdrawal from a shirt-bosom;and the object of my invention is to provide a locking-lever that isadapted to hold the stud in a neat and proper position when attached tothe shirt-bosom. I attain this object by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the complete stud withthe parts in position for easy insertion into or withdrawal from ashirt-bosom. Fig. 2 shows the stud with the parts in position whenlocked in the shirt-bosom, and Fig. 3 shows the details of construction.

In Fig. 3, A is the head of the stud, to the bottom of which is rigidlyfixed the post B, preferably made of small round wire. Onehalf of thelower part of this post is longitudinally cut away for about one-half totwothirds its length, as shown at D, to thereby form a shoulder D whichis cut at an angle, and a pivot-hole is made at its extremelower end, asshown at E. The curved locking-le- Ver 0, made of round wire of samediameter as post B, has also a longitudinal half of one end cut away, asshown at D, this cut-away part corresponding in length to the cut-awaypart of post B, the upper end of said lever 0 being at an anglesimilarly to the shoulder D and adapted to bear against said shoulder toprovide a flush alignment of the lever with the said post. A pivot-holeis also made in this locking-lever, as shown at E. The flat surfaces ofthe fixed post B and locking-lever O are placed together, and post andlever pivoted at E E with a rivet.

It will readily be seen that when the locking-lever C is folded in linewith the post B the post B and locking-lever 0 form practically onesmooth continuous piece of wire, which is easily inserted into theeye-hole of a shirt-bosom. Then a slight pressure on the lower end ofthe locking-lever O by the finger or the person of the wearer causes thelever to swing on the pivot into the position shown in Fig. 2, and thestud is securely locked in the shirt-bosom, and is naturally held inthis locking position by the pressure of the underclothing of the weareragainst the larger end of the lever; but when desired, by pressing downthe larger end of the lever with the finger and folding the partstogether again into the position shown in Fig. l the stud can be easilywithdrawn from the shirt-bosom.

By bending the looking-lever C nearly to a right angle, as shown, thespace between the holding-surface of the lever and the head A 'of thestud is so restricted that the head of the stud is held closely to thefront of the shirt-bosom in a neat and proper position, and the ends ofthe locking-lever, naturally resting against the inside of theshirt-bosom, are not liable to become entangled in the under-clothing orto scratch against the person of the wearer.

Whatlclaini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A shirt-stud composed of the head A and fixed post B, said fixed posthaving a shoulder D and a curved locking-lever O, pivoted to its lowerend, one end of said locking-lever being adapted to fold in line withthe fixed post B and flush with the shoulder D thereof, substantially asdescribed.

FRANK E. XVILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

WHITFIELD TERRIBERRY, WILLIAM STONE.

